{"id":10565,"date":"2025-08-16T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=10565"},"modified":"2025-08-16T17:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T09:48:43","slug":"revisiting-the-no-entry-allowed-malabrigo-point-lighthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/revisiting-the-no-entry-allowed-malabrigo-point-lighthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting the no-entry-allowed Malabrigo Point Lighthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>If you\u2019re a lighthouse enthusiast, I know you know that while there may still be a handful of working lighthouses in the Philippines, too many of them are <em>naghihingalo<\/em>, barely surviving because \u2013 truth be told \u2013 even if they may be pretty tourist spots, they\u2019re not priorities of local government units, or even of some historical agencies tasked to look after them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A case in point: the Malabrigo Point Lighthouse.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@outragemag\/video\/7539117290143501576\" data-video-id=\"7539117290143501576\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" >\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@outragemag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@outragemag?refer=embed\">@outragemag<\/a> <a title=\"lgbt\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/lgbt?refer=embed\">#LGBT<\/a> checking the good-to-look-at but no-entry-allowed <a title=\"malabrigo\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/malabrigo?refer=embed\">#Malabrigo<\/a> Point Lighthouse in <a title=\"lobo\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/lobo?refer=embed\">#Lobo<\/a>, <a title=\"batangas\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/batangas?refer=embed\">#Batangas<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound Outrage Magazine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-Outrage-Magazine-0?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound Outrage Magazine<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Malabrigo Point Lighthouse was completed and lit in 1896 to guide ships passing through the Verde Island Passage going to either Batangas Bay or Sibuyan Sea. It is said to be one of the oldest working lighthouses in the country, and \u2013 if you believe the PR talk \u2013 one of the, if not the most well-preserved. This last part was emphasized in Wikipedia <em>pa nga eh<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But\u2026 that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This place isn\u2019t even open to the public anymore because of its condition. Though the establishment looks pretty particularly from afar, like some <em>haciendero<\/em>\u2019s house, or a setting of a Baz Luhrmann movie, you can see that it\u2019s decaying. 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Historical appreciation through immersion isn\u2019t possible here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to something, anything historical in the Philippines, we almost always have to just accept that we\u2019re sh*tty with looking after remnants from our past. <em>Ewan ha<\/em>, try to persuade me otherwise, though only after you visit Malabrigo Point Lighthouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But join us as we continue with our <em>rampa<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Malabrigo Point Lighthouse is located along Lobo-Malabrigo-Laiya Rd., Barangay Malabrigo, Municipality of Lobo, Batangas Province.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This place isn\u2019t even open to the public anymore because of its condition. 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